larynx

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In extinct and living crocodile relatives, the larynx produces sound.

From New York Times

The team implanted a rectangular sheet of 128 electrodes, designed to detect signals from speech-related sensory and motor processes linked to the mouth, lips, jaw, tongue and larynx.

From New York Times

By then, Emmons said, her focus had shifted to a new possibility: laryngeal or spasmodic dysphonia, a voice disorder caused by involuntary spasms in the larynx that produce a strained or strangled-sounding voice.

From Washington Post

But the trade-off of that is that the larynx had to get lower down deep into the throat, and you lost this fail-safe that kept us from being susceptible to choking.

From Salon

Several years ago, West had larynx cancer, underwent radiation and continued his career.

From Seattle Times